The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1641 - 1637: Three Skeletons

Chapter 1641: Chapter 1637: Three Skeletons

At the same time.

In the Fourth Layer Dark City, there is a concealed old mansion tucked away in a corner, where a figure is currently stepping through the threshold.

This person is none other than Che Qingtian, who remains alone in the Dark City.

He entered a dilapidated great hall deep inside the old mansion, and at first glance, spotted a small altar only three feet across, swiftly approaching it.

Che Qingtian waved his hand, brushing off the dust on the altar, revealing a small Rune Array underneath.

From his Storage Magical Tool, he took out three black crystal stones and placed them at the three apexes of the Rune Array, then fetched a silver bottle, uncorked it, and slowly poured out the silver liquid inside.

The silver liquid flowed along the lines of the Array, filling all the grooves and linking the three crystal stones together.

Afterward, Che Qingtian formed a Dharma Seal with both hands and began to chant a series of strange Spells.

As his Chanting sound continued, the silver liquid on the altar began to tremble slightly, and soon, it surged and leapt like a living thing, covering the entire altar.

Seeing this, Che Qingtian stopped chanting, and with a wave of his hand, three black Skulls with a metallic gloss materialized side by side, falling onto the altar.

The silver liquid on the altar immediately surged upward rapidly, wrapping around the black Skulls.

The black crystal stones placed at the three apexes also quickly liquified, merging into the silver liquid.

Che Qingtian rubbed his fingers together, and a layer of ghost green bone powder like phosphorus fire sprinkled down, instantly igniting the silver liquid, causing an eerie ghost fire to flicker incessantly on the altar.

The next instant, there was a clicking sound within the ghost fire, followed by a small black Skeleton leg poking out from the flames.

Che Qingtian took a step back, waiting for the Things within the ghost fire to emerge.

Soon, three complete black Skeleton figures stepped out of the ghost fire, standing in front of him.

As the firelight on the altar gradually faded away, a light suddenly flashed in the hollow eye sockets of the three black Skeletons, but the flame within their eyes was different in each.

The black Skeleton on the far left had exceptionally long Arms, drooping to its knees, its stance somewhat hunched like an old ape, with a green flame flickering in its eye sockets.

The middle Skeleton was tall, standing a head and shoulders above the hunched Skeleton, and its Bones were also more robust. It stood upright, and despite being a fleshless set of dry Bones, emitted an imposing aura of a dominator. Its eyes flickered with a dark red bloodthirsty glow.

The last Skeleton had a proportionate build, indistinct from the ordinary, except for the twin golden flames burning within its eye sockets.

Although these three Skeletons varied in shape, each exuded Demonic Qi, and their breath reached the peak of the True Immortal realm, just half a step away from the Taiyi Realm.

"Heh heh... Che Qingtian, in the end, you still come to seek our help, don’t you?" mocked the imposing Skeleton, laughing eerily and without hiding its mockery.

Upon hearing this, Che Qingtian snorted coldly, offering no reply.

"Hong Ku, shut your mouth. Daoist Che summoned us; surely he must be in some trouble, right?" the hunched Skeleton scolded the tall Skeleton, then turned to question Che Qingtian.

"You Quan Daoist friend, the current situation inside Tianyan Palace is rather complicated. Besides Shen Luo, Wu Luo has also joined in with the Shadow War Leopard and the Profound Fire Divine Steed, to vie for the control of Tianyan Palace. It won’t be easy," said Che Qingtian, his expression easing slightly as he spoke.

Upon the mention of Shen Luo’s name, the piercing golden flames in the eye sockets of the slender Skeleton on the far right visibly jumped.

"Daoist Che, there’s no hurry at this very moment. Will you please detail the situation of Tianyan Palace to us?" A slender skeleton spoke, its voice surprisingly that of a woman.

"Daoist Jin Xiu, sure, I will tell you all about it." Che Qingtian nodded in acknowledgement, and then began to describe the current situation of Tianyan Palace to them in detail.

A moment later, the three skeletons had listened to his account and all fell silent.

"From this, it seems they should have already entered the fifth layer. We can’t delay any longer, we must proceed at once." The hunched skeleton named You Quan mused aloud.

"Good." The group immediately set off towards the light door deep behind the altar.

...

Atop a mountain peak on the fifth layer, Shen Luo and his two companions stood outside a palace door of "Tianyan Palace," working to break the prohibitions placed upon it.

The prohibitions on the palace door were not intricate, and Shen Luo did not take much effort to break them.

He pushed with his hand, and the thick palace door creaked open inward, revealing the empty great hall within. A gust of air, old and slightly musty, rushed at their faces.

Shen Luo stepped over the threshold first and walked into the great hall.

The floor inside the hall was paved with blue stones, and although the area of the entire room was large, there were no furnishings inside except for several pillars supporting the great hall.

Shen Luo frowned and conducted a thorough search, but it yielded nothing.

"It seems that this isn’t the true Tianyan Palace..." Shen Luo’s eyes flickered with a strange light. After using his Ghost Eye of the Netherworld to scan around, he spoke up.

"We’ve only checked the first place, how could we be that lucky?" Nie Caizhu said with a smile.

"The true Tianyan Palace would probably have prohibitions at its entrance that are not so easily broken." The Enlightened Heavenly Beast commented.

While they were preparing to leave, the Enlightened Heavenly Beast suddenly turned his gaze to an inconspicuous pillar in the middle of the hall.

He walked over to the stone pillar in a few steps, formed a magic spell with one hand, and a water-blue light immediately shone in his palm, lightly wiping it over the pillar.

That stone pillar also lit up in response, with a number of ancient runes surfacing on it. Then, under the light, it rapidly shrank, quickly turning into a Demon Subduing Pestle about a foot long.

Suddenly missing a supporting pillar, the structure of the great hall amazingly did not shake in the slightest, completely unaffected.

Shen Luo counted once more and found that the stone pillars in the hall were symmetrically arranged on both sides, the number exactly the same. The pillar that had transformed into the Demon Subduing Pestle had, in fact, been an excess one.

The Enlightened Heavenly Beast held the stone Demon Subduing Pestle, and slowly transferred Mana into it. A series of prohibition runes immediately emerged, revealing no less than forty-nine layers in total.

"Daoist friend, you’re quite lucky, having discovered a magical treasure of not insignificant rank," Shen Luo observed with a smile.

"Unfortunately, there is no time to refine it for now. I wonder what special abilities this magical treasure possesses?" The Enlightened Heavenly Beast pondered aloud.

"Once you control Tianyan Palace and regain your freedom, the world is vast; you can refine it anywhere you choose," Shen Luo replied.

The Enlightened Heavenly Beast nodded, tucked away the Demon Subduing Pestle, and the three of them stepped out of the palace door.

Upon exiting the great hall and seeing the outside scene, they were immediately stunned. The path they had followed earlier had vanished without a trace, and not far from the overhanging eaves of the hall lay a dense mountain forest.